how to get exe name of installed programs in uninstall path of registry

[Doiron]

Hello Zidz,

Could you give me some more information about what you are trying to do? Are you trying to get a list of the programs installed on the computer? I do not understand what you mean by "in uninstall path of registry", please explain so I can assist you further.

[zidz]

hi David, thnx for ur reply... n ya i want to get details of installed programs that appear in add/remove programs of the system.

i found that all those are listed under HKLM\Software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall path in registry. this is what i

meant by uninstall. but, in this, i get only install location and not the exact exe name of the softwares installed. do u have any idea on this.

And also, is there any way as to identify whether the installed program is application or server program?

Message Edited by zidz on 09-02-2008 11:57 PM

[Doiron]

Hello Zidz,

I am betting that the Windows SDK would be useful here. It's also possible that you could use C++ to search file names for .exe extensions in those folders. Measurement Studio does not add this functionality to C++, a great resource for the C++ side of things is MSDN or a number of other places.

[zidz]

hi David, thanks for your reply. i will try out as you said in SDKs approach.